On December 12, Beijing time, the 17th round of La Liga continued, with Villarreal playing against Vallecano. In the first half, Parejo assisted Mandy to score first, and four minutes later, Gerard Moreno scored another city, and Huang Qian defeated his opponent 2-0, making the competition for the fourth more intense.
Huang Qian, a Europa League winner, has played in the Champions League as a seeded team this season, in a group with young manchester United, Atalanta and Bern. However, they did not beat Atalanta 3-2 until the final round, and the whistle won the round of 16. With Villarreal qualifying, all eight seeded teams in the Champions League qualified, and three Teams in La Liga advanced to the knockout rounds.
Back in the league, Villarreal continued to work hard, facing promoted Ma Vallecano, and they won again. In the 31st minute, Parejo, who ushered in the 400th la Liga milestone, delivered an assist, followed by Mandy's close-range header, and Villarreal broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead.
In the 35th minute, Villarreal won a penalty, the top scorer Herard Moreno did a one-time attack, Huang Qian scored two goals in four minutes, quickly established the advantage. The rest of the matches, the two sides did not achieve anything, Huang Qian defeated Vallecano 2-0, to achieve a long-lost two-game winning streak in all competitions.
You know, Villarreal's performance in the league is very average, Emery's side has not won 3 consecutive rounds before, ranking 14th in the table, only 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. Now, Huang Qian has finally shown his strong team nature at a critical moment, winning the league again since November 7, ending a 35-day ordeal.
After taking all three points from Vallecano, Villarreal rose to 13th, with 10 points left for Atletico in the Champions League, with little hope.
In this round of competition, Atletico will be a guest at the Bernabeu to meet Real Madrid, if the Galaxy wins, then it can drag the pace of the sheet legion, Villarreal is good news, if Real Madrid loses at home, the threshold of Huang Qian's competition for the fourth will be further raised.
As for Rayo Vallecano, it is a pity that they are only 3 points behind Atletico before the game, and only need one win to complete the counter-attack and thus break into the top four. Helplessly, they dropped the chain at a critical moment, still ranked 6th, and temporarily missed the Champions League zone.